Short but sweet, Big Fan is a wonderful romance novel from a new-to-me author. Maya is a talented political consultant in DC who just helped the president get elected...all while navigating a cheating scandal and divorce from her Kennedy-esque politician husband. Maya's trying to get through each day while attracting the least amount of notice, hard to do when her divorce was front pate news.

Charlie is a former boy-bander and current fashion designer who reaches out to Maya for help launching his new solo music career. We quickly learn that this is momentous for Maya as she used to co-run a fan club for fans of his band which was called Mischief. They meet and immediately sparks fly, but Maya's current boss has told her to go super under-the-radar so the focus is on the campaign.

One thing I loved was how seriously the book took Maya's former fan club. Charlie makes sure to mention that he'd admired it at the time, Maya makes sure to mention it in press profiles...there's no shame or stigma attached to liking the band. Which is absolutely how it should be! It validated her former and current love of the music and singers. Teen girls and their interests are often dismissed, and this book made sure to do absolutely none of that.

The romance is believable, though moves FAST, and I loved how much of Maya's work life we saw. We quickly learn she is very, very, very good at what she does.

My only criticism is I wish this book was longer! At 150 pages we speed run through the conflict and resolution. It would have been nice to let the characters breathe for a moment. However, an amazing level of detail is included and I have to commend the author for the wonderful writing style.

This is for fans of the Idea of You or any of Christina Lauren's Beautiful Bastard series -- high-powered women navigating work and romance, and taking no prisoners along the way.

Overall a wonderful introduction to the author for me, and I'm so excited to see what comes next from them. I believe this is the debut book for 831 Stories, and I'm so excited to see what comes next from the publisher!

This book was such a delight to read. You know those characters that just make you smile and warm your heart; Maya and Charlie did that for me. Their banter and character development is fantastic. I would definitely be looking forward to read more from the author.

This was so fun! Maya and Charlie were both well drawn and felt very real, and their story was fun and sexy. The book was a little shorter than I was expecting, and I would have appreciated a tad more conflict, but other than that I found it very enjoyable and I’m looking forward to seeing what else this publisher has in store!

Short and sweet - this was a delight!

Maya, a talented political strategist dealing with the fallout from her ex-husband's affair, meets her celebrity crush when he asks her to help him restart his music career. Maya has other ambitions, however, but she can't quite shake the feeling that Charlie could become someone important in her life.

The banter and simmering connection between Maya and Charlie reminded me a bit of Sally's and Noah's relationship in Romantic Comedy, which I also loved. It is always nice to read a romance between two mature, intelligent, talented, and likable characters!

Thank you very much to 831 Stories and NetGalley for the opportunity to read a copy.